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  Chasing Lewis's Monkeyflower -...

  Elizabeth Adelman

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  A look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the plant specimens the great explorers gathered on their way—and of their amazing afterlife.Elizabeth Adelman's Chasing the Missing Monkeyflower is the two hundred-year saga of finding, losing, and finding the wild plants collected on America's first exploration west, the Lewis and Clark Expedition.Thomas Jefferson handpicked Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition, gather notable specimens along the way, and then write the journals, with one volume to include science-worthy descriptions and classifications of the plants that Lewis collected and pressed to preserve. Not a botanist, Lewis needed help to write this part of the journals.Ambition, deceit, theft, wealth, debt, alcoholism, loss, suicide, serendipity, and stubborn persistence cross the plants' paths in Philadelphia, New York, and London. This is the first work detailing the places, practices, and times of a cavalcade of people who touched the plants. A fascinating chronicle of an unexplored byway of the great American story.

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  History That Rattles - The...

  Barbora Jirincova

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  A razor-sharp, story-first history of how ordinary people survived plagues, hunger, and bad medicine. 
  For readers who want vivid, short chapters and a grown-up lens on what really kept humans alive.What you’ll get: gripping micro-histories with zero textbook fog.Why it’s different: everyday survival—not kings and battles—drives the story.You’ll walk away with: a clearer sense of how fragile bodies built resilient societies. 
  Historian Barbora Jirincová, PhD, reveals the strange and unsettling truths that shaped our world — from plague doctors and falcons-for-rent to the fashionable tragedy of tuberculosis. These stories aren’t comedy, though some are absurd; they are glimpses of how real people endured hunger, fear, faith, and medicine that often did more harm than good. 
  Inside, you’ll encounter:Knights paying their rent in a single falcon.Peasants freezing in the Little Ice Age while witch hunters warmed their hands.Surgeons racing against the clock of their patients’ screams.Myths and legends that refuse to die — even on the silver screen. 
  From Kyiv in flames to Cold War catwalks, History That Rattles uncovers the unsettling, often forgotten side of the past — and reminds us that history has always belonged less to emperors than to everyone else. 
  Both unsettling and illuminating, History That Rattles uncovers the strange truths behind our myths — and reminds us that humanity’s story has always belonged not to emperors, but to everyone else. 
  Scroll up and grab your copy today — and discover the strange, sharp, and thought-provoking side of history.

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  Confessions of a Southern Beauty...

  Julie Hines Mabus

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  In the late 1960s, Patsy Channing, a stunningly beautiful young woman, was suspended from the venerable Mississippi State College for Women for breach of conduct. The resulting scandal reached all the way to the Columbus courthouse, and the press ate it up. 
   
   
   
  But Patsy's story starts long before that, living with a preoccupied and troubled mother in Memphis, Tennessee. Music becomes her ticket out and a vehicle for the one thing she covets most—a chance to be crowned Miss America. 
   
   
   
  In Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen, Julie Hines Mabus provides a peek into that world—a world struggling through the civil rights movement, reeling from the death of JFK, and cutting loose with the musical innovations from Memphis and Detroit. Patsy develops a close friendship with a guitarist at Stax Recording Studio, giving her firsthand exposure to the early Memphis Soul Sound. 
   
   
   
  Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen opens and closes with the end of Patsy's time at Mississippi State College for Women on that fateful spring morning in 1968 when she entered the Columbus courthouse. Patsy's story, marked with tragedy and triumph, mirrors that of a growing and evolving South, where change never comes easy.

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  Camila's Story - Thrown Away...

  Louise Allen

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  Camila's Story is the 12th instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children series by Louise Allen.

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  China's Secret Influence:...

  Fintan Lockridge

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  China's Secret Influence: Unveiling the Power Behind Global Change   
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you eager to advance your career and expand your understanding of the forces shaping our world today?   
  Searching for a thorough guide that covers everything you need to know about hidden influences in global change?   
  Your search ends here!   
  This guide is your ultimate resource for gaining in-depth knowledge, applying your insights, and engaging in practical exercises that prepare you for success.   
  Now updated to reflect the latest developments in global affairs.   
  Key features of this enhanced guide: 
  - In-depth insights into the forces behind global change   
  - Comprehensive explanation of hidden influences on today’s world   
  - Effective strategies for understanding and engaging with these dynamics   
  Our guide stands out through its thorough coverage, essential for your mastery of the subject. Concepts are not merely touched upon; they are explored in detail.   
  Please note that this guide is not affiliated with any official entity and serves solely as an independent resource for your benefit.   
  Crafted with clarity and accessible language, our guide ensures seamless transitions between topics. Bid farewell to complicated terminology and embrace clear, precise, and technically accurate content.   
  So, why wait? Click the BUY NOW button, secure your guide, and embark on your journey to understanding the hidden forces shaping our world today!

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  In Praise of Error - Productive...

  Derek Mueller

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  Many people know that Columbus wouldn't have dared to sail across the Atlantic if he had been aware how far the way to Asia really is. But there exist a lot more errors which turned out to be useful. Great thinkers like Copernicus and Einstein, but also ordinary people made mistakes which changed our world in many ways. 
  
  A collection of the most interesting and useful errors in history, science, kitchen and art.
  
  Contents: 
  Errors – always negative?
  To err as a program? Trial and error or: What geniuses and rainworms have in common
  Mistakes? How delicious! – Potato crisps and cauliflower
  The great fried potatoes failure
  Tofu, cheese, wine & Co.
  Cauliflower and beyond
  In wine there is error
  Copernicus or: a rounder rounding
  … and Kepler
  Discovering America with Aristotle
  El Dorado: the mirage of greed
  Dreams, lies and literature: Schliemann
  Creative misunderstandings in literature
  Kandinsky or: The right wrong view
  Only relatively right assumptions: theory of relativity
  Unsuccessful, but still a masterpiece: the Michelson–Morley experiment
  A bit of theory on error
  Sloppiness saves the lives of millions
  Can false prophecies be useful?

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